(BQ) Part 1 book Differential diagnosis in ultrasound presents the following contents: Chest, neck lesions, hepatobiliary system and abdomen, spleen, pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, retroperitoneum, renal, urinary bladder, adrenal gland.
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ULTRASOUND
Trang 4Subharti Medical College Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Satish K Bhargava
MBBS MD (Radiodiagnosis)
MD (Radiotherapy) DMRD FICRI FIAMS FCCP FUSI FIMSA FAMS
Professor and Head Department of Radiology and Imaging
School of Medical Sciences and Research
Sharda Hospital Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Formerly, Professor and Head
Department of Radiology and Imaging
University College of Medical Sciences
(University of Delhi) and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India
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Trang 6My loving late wife Kalpana
Whose inspiration and sacrifice have made possible to bring out this book
Trang 8Anoop Kumar Durga Das
(University of Delhi) and
GTB Hospital, Delhi, India
(University of Delhi) and
GTB Hospital, Delhi, India
(University of Delhi) and
GTB Hospital, Delhi, India
Anurag Agarwal
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Ashish Verma
Assistant Professor
Institute of Medical Sciences
Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Contributors
Avneesh Kumar Singh
Senior Resident Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
Gopesh Mehrotra
Professor Department of Radiology and Imaging
University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi) and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India
Mamta Motla
Ex Senior Resident Department of Radiology and Imaging
University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi) and GTB Hospital Delhi, India
Meenakshi Prakash
Resident Department of Radiology and Imaging
University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi) and GTB Hospital Delhi, India
Trang 9Pardeep Kumar
Senior Resident
Maulana Azad Medical College
and Associated GB Pant Hospital
New Delhi, India
Pushpender Gupta
Department of Radiology
Wake Forest University Baptist
Medical Center, Medical Center
(University of Delhi) and GTB
Hospital, Delhi, India
Presently,
Yash Diagnostic Center
Civil Lines, Moradabad
Uttar Pradesh, India
University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi) and GTB Hospital
Delhi, India
Sumeet Bhargava
Assistant Professor Department of Radiology and Imaging
Subharti Medical College Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Swati Gupta
Resident Department of Radiology and Imaging
University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi) and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India
Thingujam Usha
Resident Department of Radiology and Imaging
University College of Medical Sciences (University of Delhi) and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India
Trang 10Preface to the Second Edition
With the feedback from the practicing selenologists andresidents, more text and illustrations have been added so
as to make this book more handy for better interpretation
at bedside I am sure the book in the present format will
be more acceptable and useful to the residents, sonologistsand practitioners in their day-to-day practice
Sumeet Bhargava Satish K Bhargava
Trang 12Since the introduction of ultrasound (US), this modalityhas evolved from its primitive nature to its presentglamorous status Its popularity in radiology has alwaysbeen due to its cost-effectiveness, easy availability andnoninvasive nature Its diagnostic role has been explored
in every organ system and its usefulness felt every time.Its support in therapeutic techniques is unparalleled.Radiology without ultrasound is unimaginable
Almost always realtime US is the initial investigativetool in the radiology department Many a time, thismodality is enough to establish a diagnosis and alwaysprovides a direction for further evaluation Its uniquenesslies in its operator-dependent nature As the ultrasonologistscans through the region of interest, recognition andinterpretation of the important findings are important forestablishing and imaging diagnosis It is also imperative toknow the various conditions producing a particularsonographic finding Only ultrasound can be judiciouslyused to answer the question posed to the radiologist Thisbook is a special effort to provide a concise knowledge ofthe differential diagnosis of a sonographic finding A list ofthe various clinical conditions and their short description
is the main feature of the text The information has beenkept concise and unnecessary repetition avoided Linediagrams and illustrations have been added to support thetext The aim of this book is to assist the sonologist withlogical interpretation of the scan I hope this attempt willprove useful to all practicing sonologists
Sumeet Bhargava Satish K Bhargava
Preface to the First Edition
Trang 14I am grateful to my colleagues and friends who gavetimely support and stood solidly behind me in our jointendeavor of bringing out this book which was requiredkeeping in view of wide acceptability of ultrasound indeveloping countries My special heartfelt thanks are due
to the sincere and hardworking staff of M/s JaypeeBrothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India,particularly, Shri Jitendar P Vij (CEO), Mr Tarun Duneja(Director-Publishing), Ms Samina Khan and Mr KKRaman (Production Manager) It is indeed the result ofthe hardwork of the staff of M/s Jaypee Brothers MedicalPublishers (P) Ltd and the contributors who have alwaysbeen in keen desire to work with smiling faces and withpolite voices as a result of which this book has seen thelight of day
Acknowledgments
Trang 161 CHEST 1 1.1 Chest Overview 1
Pushpender Gupta, Satish K Bhargava
1.6 Vascular Lesions of Mediastinum 18
Sumeet Bhargava, Pardeep Kumar, Satish K Bhargava
1.7 Cystic Masses of Mediastinum 19
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
1.8 Diaphragm 21
Satish K Bhargava, Pushpender Gupta
2 NECK LESIONS 29 2.1 Thyroid 29
2.1.1 Solitary Thyroid Nodule 29
Satish K Bhargava, Avneesh Kumar Singh, Pushpender Gupta
2.1.2 Carcinomas 41
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava, Avneesh Kumar Singh
Contents
Trang 172.1.5 Cystic Thyroid Nodule 49
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava, Pushpender Gupta
2.2 Salivary Gland 52
Pushpender Gupta, Satish K Bhargava
2.2.1 Enlargement of Salivary Gland 52
Satish K Bhargava, Pushpender Gupta, Gopesh Mehrotra
2.3 Neck Masses 59
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava
2.4 Cervical Lymphadenopathy 69
Satish K Bhargava, Rajul Rastogi
3 HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM AND
ABDOMEN 74 3.1 Generalized Increase in
Liver Echogenicity 74
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava
3.2 Generalized Decrease in
Echogenicity of Liver 81
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava, Swati Gupta
3.3 Solitary Echogenic Liver Mass 83
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava
3.4 Shadowing Lesions of Liver 90
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
Trang 183.5 Hepatoma, Bull’s Eye or Target
Lesion of Liver 93
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
3.6 Periportal Hyperechogenicity of Liver 95
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
3.7 Periportal Hypoechogenicity 97
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
3.8 Focal Hypoechoic Lesions 98
Pardeep Kumar, Satish K Bhargava
3.9 Cystic Lesions of Liver 104
Pardeep Kumar, Satish K Bhargava
3.10 Mixed Cystic and Solid Lesions 120
Satish K Bhargava, Pardeep Kumar
3.11 Patterns of Hepatic Metastasis 127
Satish K Bhargava, Pardeep Kumar
3.12 Nonvisualization of Gallbladder
on Ultrasound 132
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
3.13 Diffuse Gallbladder Thickening 136
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
3.14 Focal Gallbladder Thickening 141
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
3.15 Echogenic Fat in Hepatoduodenal
Ligament 148
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
3.16 Congenital Biliary Cyst 148
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
3.17 Differential Diagnosis of
Pericholecystic Fluid 150
Ashish Verma, Satish K Bhargava,
Sumeet Bhargava
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3.20 Abdominal Wall Masses 157
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma, Sumeet Bhargava
Ultrasound 183
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
4.2 Cystic Lesion of Spleen 184
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
4.3 Solid Splenic Lesion 191
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
4.4 Hyperechoic Splenic Lesion 196
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
5 PANCREAS 199 5.1 Differential Diagnosis of Cystic
Pancreatic Masses 199
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava,
Ashish Verma, Rajul Rastogi
5.2 Differential Diagnosis of
Solid/Complex Lesion 203
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava, Ashish Verma
Trang 206 GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT 211 6.1 Ultrasound Differential
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava
6.5 Small Bowel and Colon 222
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava, Rajul Rastogi
6.6 Differential Diagnosis of Acute
Appendicitis (Appendiceal Lesions) 235
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava,
Anoop Kumar Durga Das
6.7 Role of Rectal Endosonography 241
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava,
Meenakshi Prakash, Anoop Kumar Durga Das
7 RETROPERITONEUM 243 7.1 Differential Diagnosis of
Solid Masses 243
Ashish Verma, Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava
7.2 Differential Diagnosis of
Pseudomasses 250
Ashish Verma, Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
7.3 Differential Diagnosis of Cystic
Lesions and Fluid Collection 251
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
Trang 218 RENAL 253 8.1 Differential Diagnosis of Renal
Pseudotumor 253
Satish K Bhargava, Rajul Rastogi, Ashish Verma
8.2 Differential Diagnosis of Cystic
Renal Disease 255
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
8.3 Differential Diagnosis of
Complex/Solid Renal Masses 261
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma, Rajul Rastogi
8.4 Differential Diagnosis of Hypoechoic Renal Sinus 267
Ashish Verma, Satish K Bhargava, Rajul Rastogi
8.5 Differential Diagnosis of Hyperechoic Renal Nodules 268
Ashish Verma, Satish K Bhargava, Shuchi Bhatt
8.6 Differential Diagnosis of Dilated
Pelvicalyceal System and Ureter 270
Sumeet Bhargava, Ashish Verma,
Satish K Bhargava, Rajul Rastogi
9 URINARY BLADDER 279 9.1 Differential Diagnosis of
Bladder Wall Thickening 279
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
9.2 Differential Diagnosis of Bladder
Contour and Caliber Abnormality 286
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava, Ashish Verma
10 ADRENAL GLAND 290 10.1 Bilateral Large Adrenal Gland 290
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava
Trang 2210.2 Unilateral Adrenal Masses 293
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava
10.3 Large Solid Adrenal Masses 297
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
10.4 Cystic Adrenal Masses 299
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
10.5 Adrenal Pseudomasses 300
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
11 PERITONEAL AND MESENTERIC
MASSES 301 11.1 Round Solid Masses in Mesentery 301
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava
11.2 Ill-defined Mass 303
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava
11.3 Loculated Cystic Peritoneal Masses 310
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava
11.4 Solid Peritoneal Lesions 312
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava
12 SCROTUM 322 12.1 Differential Diagnosis of
Acute Scrotum 322
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
12.2 Differential Diagnosis of
Scrotal Calcification 328
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava, Ashish Verma
12.3 Differential Diagnosis of Scrotal Gas 332
Satish K Bhargava, Rajul Rastogi, Ashish Verma
12.4 Differential Diagnosis of
Scrotal Masses 332
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava,
Rajul Rastogi, Ashish Verma
Trang 2313 TESTIS AND EPIDIDYMIS 341 13.1 Differential Diagnosis of Cystic
Testicular Lesions 341
Ashish Verma, Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
13.2 Pediatric Testicular Masses 345
Sumeet Bhargava, Ashish Verma, Satish K Bhargava
13.3 Differential Diagnosis of
Epididymal Lesions 350
Ashish Verma, Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
14 PROSTATE 354 14.1 Differential Diagnosis of Prostatic Cyst 354
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava, Rajul Rastogi
14.2 Müllerian Cyst 354
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava, Rajul Rastogi
14.3 Ejaculatory Duct Cyst 356
Rajul Rastogi, Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
14.4 Seminal Vesicle Cyst 357
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma,
Sumeet Bhargava, Rajul Rastogi
14.5 Hypoechoic Lesions 358
Rajul Rastogi, Anubhav Sarikwal, Sumeet Bhargava
15 BREAST 364 15.1 Cystic Lesions 365
Satish K Bhargava, Rajul Rastogi
Trang 24the Synovium 389
Rajul Rastogi, Satish K Bhargava
16.2 Cystic Mass in Popliteal Fossa 389
Rajul Rastogi, Satish K Bhargava
16.3 Hip Joint Effusion in Adults 390
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
16.4 Proliferative Synovitis 391
Rajul Rastogi, Satish K Bhargava
16.5 Tendon Tears 391
Rajul Rastogi, Satish K Bhargava
16.6 Pediatric Hip Joint—An Overview 393
Satish K Bhargava, Sumeet Bhargava
17 ORBIT 418 17.1 Orbital Pathologies 443
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma, Anubhav Sarikwal
17.2 Low Reflectivity Lesions 443
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma, Anubhav Sarikwal
17.3 Medium Reflectivity Lesions 444
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
Trang 2517.4 High Reflectivity Lesions 444
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
17.8 Differential Diagnosis of Orbital
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
18 NEONATAL AND INFANT BRAIN 459 18.1 Cystic Lesions 459
Shuchi Bhatt, Satish K Bhargava
18.2 Solid Lesions 461
Shuchi Bhatt, Satish K Bhargava
18.3 Prominent Choroid Plexus 462
Shuchi Bhatt, Satish K Bhargava
18.4 Destructive Lesions of Brain 463
Shuchi Bhatt, Satish K Bhargava
18.5 Ventriculomegaly 467
Shuchi Bhatt, Satish K Bhargava
Trang 2618.6 Congenital and Developmental
Malformations 472
Shuchi Bhatt, Satish K Bhargava
18.7 Infective Cystic Lesions 477
Shuchi Bhatt, Satish K Bhargava
18.8 Vascular Lesions 479
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava,
Anubhav Sarikwal
18.9 Traumatic Cystic Lesions 480
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava,
Anubhav Sarikwal
18.10 Intracranial Hemorrhage 481
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
18.11 Asphyxia 484
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
18.12 Solid Infective Lesions 486
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
18.13 Tumors 487
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
18.14 Congenital Intracranial Infection
of Infant and Children 487
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
18.15 Meningitis 490
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
18.16 Enlarged Choroid Plexus 492
Sumeet Bhargava, Satish K Bhargava
19 NEONATAL AND INFANT SPINE 493 19.1 Spinal Dysraphism 493
Shuchi Bhatt
19.2 Spina Bifida Aperta 495
Shuchi Bhatt
Trang 2719.3 Spina Bifida Cystica 496
Satish K Bhargava, Shuchi Bhatt
20.2 Cystic Pelvic Masses 515
Satish K Bhargava, Shuchi Bhatt, Meenakshi Prakash
20.3 Complex Pelvic Mass 520
Satish K Bhargava, Shuchi Bhatt, Thingujam Usha
20.4 Solid Pelvic Masses 523
Satish K Bhargava, Shuchi Bhatt
20.5 Adnexal Masses 524
Satish K Bhargava, Shuchi Bhatt,
Anoop Kumar Durga Das, Swati Gupta
20.6 Ovarian Tumors 535
Satish K Bhargava, Shuchi Bhatt, Meenakshi Prakash
20.7 Uterine Masses 542
Shuchi Bhatt, Thingujam Usha, Sumeet Bhargava
20.8 Diffuse Uterine Enlargement 551
Shuchi Bhatt, Anoop Kumar Durga Das
20.9 Thickened Endometrium 552
Shuchi Bhatt, Sumeet Bhargava, Swati Gupta
Trang 2820.10 Differential Diagnosis of
Thickened Placenta 569
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
20.11 Ultrasound Signs of Chromosomal
Abnormality 571
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
20.12 Absent Pregnancy Test with
Absent Intrauterine Pregnancy 576
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
20.13 Fetal Causes of Abnormalities
in Liquor Volume 577
Ashish Verma, Satish K Bhargava
20.14 Intra-abdominal Fetal Calcification 582
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
20.15 Differential Diagnosis of Fetal
Thoracic Abnormalities 586
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
20.16 Unsuccessful First Trimester Pregnancy 589
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
20.17 First Trimester Bleeding 592
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma, Shuchi Bhatt
20.18 Fetal Hydrops 597
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma, Shuchi Bhatt
20.19 Twin Pregnancy/Multifetal Pregnancy 601
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma, Shuchi Bhatt
20.20 Differential Diagnosis of Echogenic
Fetal Kidneys 605
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma, Shuchi Bhatt
20.21 Differential Diagnosis of Syndromes
Associated with Renal Malformations 607
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma, Shuchi Bhatt
Trang 2920.22 Differential Diagnosis of
Fetal Hydronephrosis 608
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma, Rajul Rastogi
20.23 Fetal Head, Neck and Face 614
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma, Rajul Rastogi
20.24 Differential Diagnosis of Micrognathia 615
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma, Rajul Rastogi
20.25 Differential Diagnosis of Syndromes
Associated with Hypertelorism 616
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma, Rajul Rastogi
20.26 Differential Diagnosis of Syndromes
Associated with Frontal Bossing 618
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma, Rajul Rastogi
20.27 Differential Diagnosis of Syndromes Associated with Craniosynostosis and other Causes 618
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma, Rajul Rastogi
20.28 Differential Diagnosis of Cleft Lip
with/without Cleft Palate 620
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
20.29 Differential Diagnosis of Conditions
Associated with Facial Clefting 621
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
20.30 Fetal Central Nervous System 624
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
20.31 Fetal Abdominal Wall Defects 635
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
20.32 Nuchal Fold and Translucency 637
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
20.33 Prenatal Sonographic Diagnosis
of Cardiac Anomalies 637
Satish K Bhargava, Ashish Verma
INDEX 647
Trang 301.1 CHEST OVERVIEW
Ultrasound is a noninvasive, relatively inexpensive andmost rewarding imaging modality, carries no radiationburden, but not much exploited for evaluation of chestdisease because of basic (inherent) properties of US wavesnot to pass through bony cage and air-filled lungs.However, over a couple of years, US has emerged as auseful tool in evaluating wide range of perplexing clinicalproblems of chest due to presence of fluid in pleuralspace, consolidating or atelectatic lung or even tumor,provide window for US to penetrate and this has helped
in diagnosis of certain conditions or limit the DD ofconditions under consideration
1 Chest wall (Fig 1.1.1): It has helped in diagnosing softtissue abscesses, masses, osteomyelitis, rib tumors andeven fracture where plain X-ray gives only soft tissueswelling or obliteration of costophrenic angle (may bedue to pleural fluid or sometimes by rib tumor) andalso where rib erosion is due to underlying carcinoma.Sometimes, when clinically mass is suspected withfractures, US can be used as a first modality particularly
in children to avoid radiation by getting an X-raychest
Trang 312 Mediastinum: Anterior mediastinum can be very evaluated by US through suprasternal route byelevating shoulders and extending the neck This willavoid structures particularly thymus in children Evenparatracheal and hilar adenopathy can be diagnosedespecially in tubercular patients where it is not onlyhelpful in diagnosis but also in follow-up when child
well-is on antitubercular therapy, thus avoiding unnecessaryradiation and getting repeated X-rays
3 Lung parenchyma: It is also helpful in differentiatingcystic lesions of the lung parenchyma like hydatidcyst (Fig 1.1.2) consolidation (Figs 1.1.3 to 1.1.5),collapse and tumor of lung Also differentiates a tumorand pleural fluid/consolidation above the diaphragmfrom (subpulmonic effusion) below the diaphragm
4 Pleura: US is a good modality to differentiate pleurallesions from parenchymal ones It is also helpful in
Fig 1.1.1: Normal lung as seen in transverse section Ribs with
distal shadowing are shown with intercostal muscles The lung pleural interface is seen as an echogenic line
Trang 32Fig 1.1.2: Lung hydatid seen as anechoic cystic lesion in
transverse scan of lung
lesion with air bronchogram in right lower lobe of lung
Trang 33Fig 1.1.4: US scans showing consolidation with cavitation in
lower lobe
Fig 1.1.5: US scans show lobar consolidation with presence of
color flow on CDFI
Trang 34diagnosing minimal amount of fluid in pleural cavity,even 5-10 ml of fluid, thus avoiding need of lateraldecubitus film/lateral chest film.
i It also gives the etiology of pleural fluid due to itsappearance as anechoic, hypoechoic, echogenic,presence of debris, nodules and types of septa
ii Anechoic—all transudates are anechoic, however,all anechoic collections are not transudates Aboutone-third of exudative collection tends to beanechoic in the beginning
iii Hypoechoic—usually exudative effusions,empyema and later stages of hemothorax
iv Echogenic—hemothorax or empyema
v Debris—represents settled down pus cell, bloodcells, etc
vi Septations—usually represent process of loculationand fibrosis occurring in pleural effusion Thinclean septa with no or very minimal debris-tubercular pleural effusion However, thick, shaggyirregular septations with debris-pyogenic effusion.vii Pleural nodule/masses (Fig 1.1.6), represent meso-thelioma, metastatic nodule and tuberculomata Inaddition to characteristics septations the thickness
of parietal pleura and combined (parietal + visceral)also give etiological diagnosis As tubercularpleural effusion-parietal pleural thickness varies2-8 mm and combined pleural varies from 4-10
mm In pyogenic pleural effusion-parietal pleuralthickness varies from 5-22 mm and combined 8-27
mm In hemothoraces (post-traumatic) thickirregular mantle of pleura around hypoechoicpleural collection is seen, pleural thickness variesfrom 12-18 mm
Trang 35Fig 1.1.6: US scans show pulmonary mass with color flow associated
with mild pleural effusion causing compression atelectasis of underlying parenchyma and hepatic metastases
Trang 36Pleural effusion v/s ascites: Bare area sign—if fluid interface
is abutting the bare area of liver than it is pleural effusionand if it is not than it is ascites
Diaphragmatic crus sign—pleural effusion is lateral and superior to crus of diaphragm while ascites isanteromedial and inferior to crus of diaphragm
postero-5 Intervention: US is very helpful in fine needleaspiration biopsy, pleural tapping, guided pleuralaspiration and tube placement
6 ICU: US is very helpful in critically ill-patients that istrauma and ICU-needs serial X-rays to see day-to-daychanges in lesions like consolidation and lung abscess(Fig 1.1.7), particularly when there is inability toposition the patient as required and usuallysubstandard quality of X-rays
Fig 1.1.7: Lung abscess—a large predominantly hypoechoic SOL
with internal septae and posterior enhancement is seen in lower lobe of right lung Aspiration revealed pus Inversion of diaphragm
is seen
Trang 37• Good guidance tool
• Repeated evaluation with no radiation cost
Ability to detect abdominal lesions associated withcausative of chest lesion as liver abscesses leading topleural effusion
• Fluid with floating echodensities
• Septations—thick and shaggy (Figs 1.2.1A to C)
• Fibrin strands
• May be anechoic fluid
• Echogenic fluid (Fig 1.2.2)
• Pleural nodules
• Thickened pleura
Trang 38Figs 1.2.1A to C: (A) Pleural effusion superior to the diaphragm;
(B) Pleural effusion and ascites outlining the diaphragm; (C) Ascites only Irregular outline of the gut is seen due to ascites
Causes of Transudative Pleural Effusion
1 Increased hydrostatic pressure
– Congestive heart failure
– SVC obstruction
– Constrictive pericarditis
Trang 39Fig 1.2.2: Longitudinal intercostal view in a patient with pleural
effusion showing echogenic surface of visceral and perietal pleura
2 Decreased osmotic pressure
– Cirrhosis with ascites
Trang 40Fig 1.2.3: Longitudinal intercostal view—pleural effusion and
collapsed lung showing echogenic gas-filled bronchus (arrow) within the collapsed lung
Fig 1.2.4: Loculated multiseptated fluid collection seen in the
pleural cavity with associated pleural thickening